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. 2017 Dec 27;314(4):R598–R610. doi: 10.1152/ajpregu.00384.2017

Table 2.

Weight gain and body composition of male rats in experiment 2

NS LS LS-Rev
Body wt, g
Start 270 ± 2 272 ± 2 270 ± 2
Day 45 424 ± 6 439 ± 5 423 ± 9
End 444 ± 5 457 ± 6 434 ± 9
Change day 45–53 18 ± 2A 20 ± 1A 11 ± 1B
Carcass composition
Weight, g 402 ± 5 411 ± 6 399 ± 10
Fat, g 29 ± 1 32 ± 4 28 ± 2
Lean, g 358 ± 5 355 ± 10 365 ± 7
Liver, g 13.9 ± 0.5A 16.1 ± 0.2B 13.4 ± 0.7A
Liver glycogen, mg 549 ± 64A 893 ± 56B 526 ± 52A
Liver lipid, mg 578 ± 24 636 ± 57 576 ± 53
Fat depot wt, g
Inguinal 7.4 ± 0.2A 9.1 ± 0.6B 7.3 ± 0.3A
Epididymal 5.5 ± 0.2 6.5 ± 0.5 5.6 ± 0.5
Retroperitoneal 3.4 ± 0.3A 4.2 ± 0.4B 2.9 ± 0.2A
Mesenteric 2.3 ± 0.2A 2.9 ± 0.2B 2.3 ± 0.2A

Values are means ± SE for groups of 8 rats. LS-Rev, half of the LS rats from which sucrose solution was withdrawn on day 45.Values for a specific parameter that do not share a common superscript are significantly different (P < 0.05), as determined by 1-way ANOVA and post hoc Tukey’s test.